Chaos Reigns in Yemen

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With Ryan Mauro, Diana West, Jim Hanson, Katherine Zimmerman

RYAN MAURO, National Security Analyst for ClarionProject.org

• Anti-tax activist Grover Norquist’s ties to Sami Al-Arian, a Palestinian-American civil rights activist indicted on terrorism charges
• Al-Arian’s efforts to pressure the George W. Bush administration to turn national security manners into issues of civil rights
• Nefarious dealings of an organization stared by Norquist, the Islamic Free Market Institute
• A warning from an FBI informant that the International Institute of Islamic Thought, a major financier of Al-Arian’s dealings, was attempting to infiltrate the U.S. government

DIANA WEST, author of “American Betrayal: The Secret Assault on Our Nation’s Character:

• Dutch politician Geert Wilders’ campaign to prevent the “Islamization” of his native Netherlands and the rest of Europe
• Shariah law’s advancement into Western civil liberties
• Is Islam expansionist, according to its authoritative text and history?
• Will Wilders be prosecuted for his recent comments in Vienna?

JIM HANSON, Executive Vice President of the Center for Security Policy, and former Army Special Operations officer:

• Conflicting accounts from Washington and Tehran regarding the nuclear “agreement” framework
• Lessons from Bill Clinton’s failed deal with North Korea
• The futility of inspections via the IAEA
• The worldwide reach of the Global Jihad Movement in Africa

KATHERINE ZIMMERMAN, Research Fellow and lead analyst on al-Qaeda for the American Enterprise Institute’s Critical Threats Project:

• Yemen’s transition from “managed chaos” to civil war seen in the post-Arab Spring political marginalization of the al-Houthi group
• Funding, weapon shipments, allegations of military training, and on-the-ground advisors given to the Houthi rebels from Tehran
• Yemen’s strategic position on the Red Sea and, from there, the Suez Canal
• How the Sunni Arab Gulf Coalition and Shia Iran are using the conflict in Yemen to expand the greater sectarian war in the Middle East
• Limited U.S. options going forward in the Arabian Peninsula